: Multiple fonts in a website I have been creating a blog and now its almost done. I am thinking of adding fonts to it. I am curious if having more than 1 font in a website makes it look

I have been creating a blog and now its almost done. I am thinking of adding fonts to it. I am curious if having more than 1 font in a website makes it look unprofessional? I understand that it is a personal opinion of a person how the site should look but my site is a blog so I want to consider how visitors might feel seeing multiple fonts on a website. Does it look standard? In short: How many fonts should one use so that readability does not get affected?

Thanks in advance.

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@Nimeshi995

Typography is a pretty amazing topic if you know how to create one.

Mixing fonts to give an artistic looks, is never bad.

More than choosing multiple fonts, the color choice of fonts plays the major role.
5 fonts in same color will not look as attractive as a color-perfection out of a single font.

Another main thing you should consider is the boundary. Do not mix up fonts with in a same boundary. Like, same paragraph giving same semantic meaning to it.

Rest? just play around with free mind, any consistent design you create may or may not consists of multiple fonts.

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@Phylliss660

You may want to delve into typography for this...

The basic idea is to convey not just meaning but emotions with fonts as well.

If you can choose 2-3 fonts that harmonize, and can convey meaning with emotion, then the answer is NO. It won't make your site unprofessional.

However using hosted webfonts can affect the loading speed of the page.

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@Ogunnowo487

I like having a different font for the headings.

BTW, have you seen the new and huge font collection from Google ?
www.google.com/webfonts
I've spent hours just watching them ;)

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@Samaraweera270

Generally speaking use no more than two fonts on a web page. All you should need is a titling font and a body copy font with some different weights like bold and italic.

That said, you may also find you need additional fonts for specialist call outs or quotes (sometimes the italicized version of the body font just doesn't quite cut it), but you should use these additional fonts very infrequently and always in similar circumstances on the page - they should have a recognisable function.

The more fonts on a page the harder it is to read - it's that simple really..

This article from go media zine gives a good overview of the topic.

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